A selective BCL-XL PROTAC degrader achieves safe and potent antitumor activity

S Khan, X Zhang, D Lv, Q Zhang, Y He, P Zhang… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
PROTAC technology to generate a cell-selective BCL-X L … The potent antitumor activity of
DT2216 was correlated with its … that DT2216 is a safer and more potent antitumor agent than …

Discovery of PROTAC BCL-XL degraders as potent anticancer agents with low on-target platelet toxicity

X Zhang, D Thummuri, X Liu, W Hu, P Zhang… - European journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
… the utility of PROTAC technology to achieve tissue … activity. Compound 17b (XZ739), which
contains a PEG linker with linker length of 11 atoms, was the most potent BCL-X L degrader

[HTML][HTML] Development of a BCL-xL and BCL-2 dual degrader with improved anti-leukemic activity

D Lv, P Pal, X Liu, Y Jia, D Thummuri, P Zhang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
… , a potent VHL-based BCL-xL PROTAC, as a safer and more potent antitumor agent than its
… are located within the band region which is feasible to achieve a conformation that is close to …

Discovery of a Novel BCL-XL PROTAC Degrader with Enhanced BCL-2 Inhibition

P Pal, D Thummuri, D Lv, X Liu, P Zhang… - Journal of medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
… Thus, we have demonstrated that the PROTAC technology could be used to achieve tissue/cell
selectivity by targeting E3 ligases that are differentially expressed in different tissues/cells…

[HTML][HTML] PROTAC-mediated dual degradation of BCL-xL and BCL-2 is a highly effective therapeutic strategy in small-cell lung cancer

S Khan, L Cao, J Wiegand, P Zhang, M Zajac-Kaye… - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
… platelets in the bloodstream until it reaches the tumor site, where it is … of degrading BCL-xL
and BCL-2 in SCLC using a single … These results suggest that 753b is a more potent antitumor

Structural insights into PROTAC-mediated degradation of Bcl-xL

C Chung, H Dai, E Fernandez, CP Tinworth… - ACS Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
… versus inhibition, (18−20) we report the design of a chemically distinct Bcl-xL VHL degrader,
… ternary complexation to achieve selective degradation of Bcl-xL over Bcl-2, PROTAC 6 may …

Strategies to Reduce the On‐Target Platelet Toxicity of Bcl‐xL Inhibitors: PROTACs, SNIPERs and Prodrug‐Based Approaches

A Negi, AS Voisin‐Chiret - ChemBioChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… Unlike conventional SMIs, the PROTAC molecule can be … To achieve positive cooperatively
in PROTAC strategy, the … was selectively Bcl-x L degrader but not a Bcl-2 degrader. …

[HTML][HTML] MDM2-BCL-XL PROTACs enable degradation of BCL-XL and stabilization of p53

M Chang, F Gao, J Chen, G Gnawali… - Acta materia …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… We have developed a homo-PROTAC by connecting two derivatives of … The key intermediate
12 was achieved via amide … It selectively degraded Bcl-X L and stabilized and enhanced …

[HTML][HTML] Co-targeting BCL-XL and BCL-2 by PROTAC 753B eliminates leukemia cells and enhances efficacy of chemotherapy by targeting senescent cells

Y Jia, L Han, CL Ramage, Z Wang, CC Weng… - …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… (PROTAC) derived from navitoclax, is able to overcome this on-target thrombocytopenia.
DT2216 selectively ubiquitinated and degraded … 753B is a more potent antitumor agent than …

[HTML][HTML] Development and crystal structures of a potent second-generation dual degrader of BCL-2 and BCL-xL

D Nayak, D Lv, Y Yuan, P Zhang, W Hu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
… its activity. With DT2216 already under clinical trial as the only PROTAC degrader for BCL-xL, …
~219 min to degrade 50% of BCL-xL but 753b was unable to achieve 50% degradation …